Inactivity hasn’t been the best friend of Jamal James as of late. In both 2020 and 2021, the lanky contender made just one appearance apiece. He also didn’t make the most of it, losing his WBA “Regular” welterweight title to Radzhab Butaev. Since then, James took over a year off to get his mind right. Once he did, he bounced ...
British middleweight champion Nathan Heaney is coming off the biggest win of his career, but he isn’t letting the result get to his head. Heaney (18-0, 6 KOs) will make the first defense of his Lonsdale belt against Brad Pauls in Birmingham on March 16. Although not confirmed, the 12-round bout is expected to headline Queensberry Promotions’ ‘The Magnificent Seven ...
Kolding, Denmark - TK Promotions put on a six-fight show at the sold-out Forum with super middle Jacob Bank headlining in a defense of the WBO European title against aging (close to 41) Spaniard Ronny Landaeta (21-6). It was one way traffic all the way as the speedy and hard punching hometown hero dominated the fight all the way. Landaeta ...
Leigh Wood’s dream of a hometown stadium headliner is not yet ready to become a reality. BoxingScene.com has learned that plans are on hold for a previously targeted rematch between Nottingham’s Wood and Leeds’ Josh Warrington. Matchroom Boxing hoped to stage the grudge match on May 18 at the famed City Ground, home to the Nottingham Football Forest Club. An ...
The years long wait to crown a 175-pound king will be over in a matter of months. Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol will finally meet for a fight that will crown the undisputed light heavyweight champion. Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia, announced the news Saturday, revealing that Beterbiev and Bivol will fight on ...
The manager of unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk clearly doesn’t think Tyson Fury is trustworthy. Egis Klimas did not hold back from castigating the WBC heavyweight titlist Saturday after it was announced that Fury suffered a gruesome cut during sparring, thus forcing the postponement of the undisputed heavyweight championship set for Feb. 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The February date ...
Dan Azeez and Joshua Buatsi may have sparred, they may share friends and they frequent the same areas but they took totally different routes to tonight’s WBA light heavyweight title final eliminator. Azeez started on the small halls but has steadily risen through the ranks, claiming area, English, British, Commonwealth and European titles and winning over fans with his old ...
The Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen 'Breadman' Edwards tackling topics such as Teofimo Lopez vs. Jamaine Ortiz, Devin Haney, Gervonta Davis, Jaron Ennis, Tim Tszyu vs. Keith Thurman, and more. I was wondering what you think about Teofimo Lopez vs. Jamaine Ortiz.I think it could be an incredibly compelling bout. It also seems like it’s being overlooked because of ...
Ryan Garcia has revealed new wrinkles into his first professional loss. In April, Garcia suffered a seventh-round knockout defeat to Gervonta Davis. “For the first time ever, in the back room, I said to myself 'I'm losing this fight.' I knew, right in the back room,” Garcia said this week on a podcast with Valuetainment founder Patrick Bet-David. “Nothing is ...
Khalil Coe will face a hard-punching opponent Saturday who owns a 20-0 record, including 18 knockouts, as part of the Conor Benn-Peter Dobson undercard. Coe contends that it is Gerardo Osuna, not him, that will take a step up in opposition, though. Coe has less than half of Osuna’s professional experience, yet the light heavyweight prospect from Newark, New Jersey ...